I can rewind time to prevent death-Chapter 435 323: Takeout (Part 7) (2/3, Request for subscription! Vote for monthly ticket!)_2

Yan Junze was very familiar with this sensation of fear and oppression; initially, Ke'er had been the most sensitive among them, immediately turning tail and fleeing at the slightest hint of a terrifying disturbance.

This meant that the strangeness inside was oppressive even to a Semi-Sculpting Spirit like Zhenzhen.

"If you all feel oppressed, retreat back into the Atlas first, and I'll handle it," Yan Junze said.

Zhenzhen immediately shook her head, "No, we can resist for a while. Even if it's stronger than me, I can block it to let you escape."

As they drew closer, the two strange babies became restless and anxious, scratching their ears and cheeks, crawling back and forth at the feet of Yan Junze and Zhenzhen.

Only the Crawler Monster, oblivious as always, crawled along with a confused expression, lifting its head to look at Yan Junze and Zhenzhen, who proceeded with caution.

As they walked deeper into the house, a weak ray of light shone down from above. It was a dull, dimly lit bulb hanging over a large wooden chair.

At that moment, a man sat on the chair, his clothes hanging off him as if they might drop at any second, his entire body reduced to skin and bones, his hair dirty and unkempt, his face gaunt.

The man wasn't asleep; his eyes were half-open, his body nearly slumped over the chair, unable to sit upright, listlessly watching Yan Junze and the others as they approached. During this time, his expression did not change at all.

If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of the man's chest, Yan Junze would think him nearly indistinguishable from a dead person.

The source of the foul stench in the room emanated partly from the man himself and partly from the bed beside the large wooden chair.

That bed, likely where the man usually rested, had its bedding soiled with sweat or something else, now congealed into a mass that couldn't be pried apart. It was evident that the whole bed was damp.

"Zhenzhen, where is the fear you sensed coming from?"

About three meters away from the malnourished man, Yan Junze stopped and looked around before asking Zhenzhen.

Zhenzhen, half a step behind him and standing to the side, answered with a hint of fear, "It's coming from this man."

"But he should be human," Yan Junze was sure this guy was the protagonist of the quest "Special Attraction."

"Can't you see it?" Zhenzhen suddenly said in surprise.

"What?"

"There's a strangeness on this man."

Yan Junze intently stared at the man before him and shook his head.

Indeed, he saw nothing; in fact, this was the first time he discovered that he couldn't see a strangeness.

Strangenesses can appear in many ways: some at specific locations, others at particular times, and some only appear when certain people are present. There are even those that require the right combination of time, place, and people to materialize.

Starting from the level of entities like Ke'er, they can choose whether or not to be visible to people.

If a strangeness so pleases, it can be seen by everyone. If it wants to remain hidden, it can do so or selectively reveal itself to certain individuals (requiring a higher level).

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Of course, when a strangeness attacks a target, it naturally reveals itself, ensuring that the target can see it.

Like the strangeness skilled in covert photographing from the "Photographing" quest, its state of invisibility was rare even among strangenesses.

Under normal conditions, a three-star Exorcist can see the vast majority of the strangenesses in this world with the naked eye, regardless of whether those entities want to be seen.

This is the fundamental difference between Exorcists and ordinary people.

As far as Yan Junze could tell, there was only that scrawny young man sitting on the large wooden chair in the entire room, listless, with nothing strange beside him.

But Zhenzhen, being a strangeness herself, immediately noticed a shabbily dressed male strangeness clinging tightly to the right side of the young man, moving occasionally, and looking very eerie.

At this moment, the two normally mischievous strange babies behaved themselves and lay quietly at Yan Junze's feet, trembling and clearly frightened.

The formerly clueless Crawler Monster finally sensed something amiss, its befuddled gaze turned toward the scrawny young man. It then hunched its shoulders and hung its head low, fixing its eyes on the ground, not daring to look up again.

Clearly, it could also see the strangeness that Zhenzhen saw, and it was utterly intimidated by it.

Just then, the half-dead young man slightly lifted his drooping eyelids and glanced at Yan Junze and the others, his face unchanged and devoid of any ripples of emotion.

After a moment, his lips moved faintly, uttering his first words upon seeing these people: "You see... only one?"

Right at that moment, Zhenzhen involuntarily took two steps back.

Yan Junze turned to look at her.

Zhenzhen said, "The strangeness on this young man has lifted its head and is looking at me."

"Are you sure the fear you feel is coming from this strangeness?" asked Yan Junze.

Zhenzhen hesitated slightly, then shook her head: "It seems there's something else, a very strange feeling."

Yan Junze turned back to the scrawny young man: "Are you Ku Zai?"

The young man's expression changed, showing surprise for a moment before quickly returning to normal, but he did not respond.

Yan Junze continued, "I am an Exorcist."

Fear flickered across the young man's face as he shifted slightly, as if contemplating escape, but an unseen force instantly pressed him back down.